New Year's Day Sankalpa Practice with Lisa

Sunday, January 1st

Doors open at 9:45am; Practice 10:00am - 12:00pm

at OmCulture - 2210 N Pacific St in Wallingford

$20 advance online registration , $25 day of

Begin the New Year with yoga - join Lisa and your Yogalife+OmCulture Sangha (community) as we celebrate the first day of 2012.

Asana and Pranayama, meditation, chanting and stillness will culminate in setting a Sankalpa (like a resolution, but with a yogic twist) to guide usinto the New Year with intention, intensity and delight.

We start where we are: on the banks of our own river; recognizing what change might be needed to begin our journey. A Sankalpa is designed to bring out the best in us. Its effect is to awaken our willpower within by uniting conscious awareness with our dormant unconscious forces. Sown in fertile ground with the heat of Asana, watered with breath, tended to with faith, humor and trust, we take the first step.

Ultimately, very similarly to extending our yoga practice "off of the mat", a Sankalpa can become a motivating force that we live with and move towards every day.

All welcome, but some yoga practice strongly encouraged. Lisa will offer variations and modifications to increase or soften the physical challenge; it will be best understood and enjoyed by practitioners from intermediate beginners to advanced

Plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early and please bring your own mat.